Definitions
A chronic bacterial disease that can damage skin, nerves, and limbs.
Word origin
From Norman leprosie, from Middle French leprosie (“leprosy & similar skin diseases”), probably from leprous (“leprous”) + -ie (“-y”) but possibly from Medieval Latin leprōsia (leprōsus + -ia) although this only historically attested in reference to leprosariums.
Used in a sentence
“Then is it surely a leprosy”
“The great London doctors knew nothing about leprosy and cared less.”
“The new drug—diaminodiphenylsulphone... offers the first certain cure... and leprosy can be cured in six months”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Chronic infectious disease”7 letters
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